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Strauss: The Complete Songs, Vol. 5 / Kiera Duffy, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-10-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Mädchenblumen, songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 22 (TrV 153); Frühlingsgedränge ("Frühlingskinder im bunten Gedränge"), song for voice & piano, Op. 26/1 (TrV...
Performers: Duffy, Kiera; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

The latest installment of this major Hyperion project introduces the American soprano Kiera Duffy, whose performances in the concert hall and on the opera stage...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (2010-11-24_2010-11-25&2010-)....continue...

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Merbeth, Halász

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (6), Op. 68; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60
Performers: Merbeth, Ricarda
Conductors: Halász, Michael

A year before his death in 1948, Richard Strauss composed his masterpiece, 'Four Last Songs', expressing a calm acceptance of the inevitability of his own...continue...

Strauss: Symphony no 2, Songs, Romanze / N. Järvi, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Symphony no 2 in F minor, Op. 12 (TrV 126); Romance for Cello and Orchestra in F major, AV 75; Lieder (6), Op. 68
Performers: Hulse, Eileen; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This notable new compilation will be of special interest to Strauss fans and scholars for it contains some of the composer's earlist work. "Jarvi's Strauss...continue...